February 18, 2011

I can't believe it's Friday again! On the other hand the weeks can't go fast enough, but on the other hand the weekends come around so fast. Have you noticed this too? I'm really looking forward to a couple of days off though!

I made this quinoa seed bread earlier this week and I was quite excited about how it turned out. I always have a variety of seeds in my pantry and I love sprinkling them on salads, breakfast porridge and other dishes. I also love seedy breads and I was desperately craving one the other day so decided to make my own version of it. This is such a simple loaf to make and if you haven't tried quinoa flour yet then now is the time! It's high in protein and adds a lovely nutty flavour to breads and cakes. I've used kinako (soy bean flour) to add to the nuttiness and it also gives this loaf a beautiful scent. Satisfaction guaranteed! :-)

Quinoa Seed Bread

1 cup organic quinoa flour

1 cup organic white, unbleached spelt flour

2 tbsp kinako (soy bean flour)

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

pinch of salt

1/4 cup sunflower seeds

1/4 cup pumpkin seeds

1 tbsp white sesame seeds

1 tbsp black sesame seeds

4 large free-range eggs

1/2 cup milk

Preheat oven to 180C and prepare a medium size loaf tin. Mix the dry ingredients together, then in a separate bowl, whisk the eggs with the milk. Add the egg mixture into the dry ingredients and fold well to combine. Pour into the prepared tin and bake for about 30 minutes or until a tester inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean. Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Ooooh I love the idea of this- how do you think it would work with out the eggs? maybe it would be like a scone? What egg replacer would you suggest if any? Some of them don't work that well for adding volume to recipes like this. Hope you are well:)

Hay Maria! This bread sounds and looks so wonderful and healthful. For some reason, i can't eat quinoa lately though-it makes me a bit ill. Someone told me I might not be rinsing the saponins off of it, but I always rinse. Either way, I wish I could make this-yum!p.s. Your site looks awesome:)!

Oh my gosh this looks fabulous!! I adore quinoa and my other favorite whole grain is Kamut Wheat - I really would love to use Kamut Wheat flour and all these other awesome ingred's in a loaf for our family. I can't use sunflower seeds though since our son has allergies to them! Thank you for sharing this - love whole grains!!